Bravely Second, the appropriately titled sequel to Bravely Default, is out in North America for 3DS today. Like its predecessor, Bravely Second is a smart, lighthearted role-playing game with killer combat and enough customization to keep curious players occupied for quite some time.

In 2014's Bravely Default, there was no real explanation for the random encounter slider, a toggle you could use to reduce or amplify the rate of invisible enemy attacks. It just kind of existed. The sequel, Bravely Second, does things a bit differently.

We still don’t know if Bravely Second—the sequel to Bravely Default—is even coming out in the West, let alone whether it’s coming this year. Sadness. But hey, at least there’s this new trailer for the game.

This weekend Square Enix announced downloadable songs from non-Final Fantasy games coming to the latest iteration of FF's rhythm game. That's four songs from Bravely Default, three from the SaGa series and one each from Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger. That's not right.

Bravely Default is a darling of a JRPG that hearkens back to the Final Fantasy games of yore—and one of the best games the 3DS has to offer. From playing the game's demo, Bravely Second seems like simply more of the classic JRPG gameplay you know and love.

Bravely Second, the long-awaited sequel to Bravely Default, got a new trailer that was shown during today's 3DS Nintendo Direct. It's above, have a look—the world map and the cities look even more beautiful than in the first game.

Wouldn't it be cool if someone remixed the character themes from Bravely Default? Yeah, that'd be cool - and hey, someone has. DJ Cutman & Ralfington, specifically - you can watch a trailer up top or buy the four tracks at loudr.fm.

I'm fifty-two hours into my first play-through of Bravely Default: Where the Fairy Flies. All four of my characters are level 99, each has all 24 of the game's jobs mastered. I've not maxed-out levels and jobs in a Final Fantasy game in... ever.

Play a couple hours of the terrific new JRPG Bravely Default and a number of its influences will become apparent. There's Final Fantasy IX,Final Fantasy:The 4 Heroes of Light, and so on. But one influence may be less evident…. the early 90s high school TV drama Beverly Hills 90210.